espion
French
noun
Definitions
- spy person who secretly watches
Etymology
Derived from Old French espie (spy) derived from Italian spione (spy), spione (spy).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
spione
Gloss
spy
Kanji
偵
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Spion German
- spionieren German
- spion Hungarian
- cyberspione Italian
- spia Italian
- spioncello Italian
- spione Italian
- spion Dutch, Flemish
- spioneren Dutch, Flemish
- espionnage French
- espionner French
- шпион Russian
- *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- espie Old French
- espion Old French
- spiono Esperanto
- ispiyon Turkish
- espion Norman
- Spioun Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- spionéieren Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch